BROTHER Damon Kelly, 53, a monk from a Catholic group calling themselves the Black Hermits, has pleaded guilty to harassing a lesbian couple who are pagan witches.
Kelly, of St Patrick's Church in Millais Road, Corby, delivers leaflets campaigning against homosexuality, paganism and many other practices he sees as sins.
Leicester Magistrates' Court heard that Kelly delivered a leaflet to the home of the lesbian couple in the Clarendon Park area of Leicester on October 14 last year.
When the couple later stopped the monk and tried to hand the leaflet back to him, Kelly said: "Keep it, urinate on it, defecate on it."
One of the women then tried to defend the couple's sexuality and pagan beliefs, but an "aggressive and fanatical" Kelly told them: "You know we used to burn people like you."
Two weeks later, on October 29, Kelly went to the couple's home and posted a letter addressed "To the witches from the monk". The letter explained that "witches, gays, lesbians and sex-changers" were part of "the devil's madness".
The court heard that one of the women suffered heart palpitations while reading the letter.
But Kevin Sayce, defending, said Kelly's aim was "not to seek out a confrontation".
"He picks areas and delivers leaflets," said Sayce. "It was one of the females that approached Damon Kelly and he defended his opinion as he's had to on numerous occasions.
"Following their disclosures of their practice as witches, Damon Kelly returned, not to seek out a confrontation, but to post the letter that put forward his beliefs on pursuing such desires and such acts.
"His motive, his calling, is to target the sin and not the sinner."
Kelly was released on bail with the condition not to deliver any more leaflets.
The case has been adjourned for three weeks to assess whether Kelly is fit for unpaid work.
